Nov. 13, 2016, 1:26 p.m.

Reince Priebus previously served as the Republican National Committee Chairman. Bannon was the chair of Brietbart News, a politically conservative news site.

President-elect Donald Trump signaled Sunday that the dual forces that helped get him elected — Republican loyalists and far-right conservatives — will share power in his White House, naming strategists to two top West Wing posts.

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus will serve as his White House chief of staff, suggesting an increased willingness by Trump to work within Washington's system to accomplish his agenda.

At the same time, however, Stephen K. Bannon, the campaign CEO who helped amplify some of Trump's most incendiary rhetoric about Muslims, immigrants and other minority groups, will serve as his chief strategist, according to a statement that called Priebus and Bannon "equal partners."

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Nov. 13, 2016, 11:50 a.m.

Donald Trump’s plan to deport up to 3 million people in the U.S. illegally was echoed Sunday by other Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, who said the party was focused on securing the border and not mass deportations.

Appearing on CNN’s "State of the Union,’’ Ryan said, "We’re focused on securing the border. … We’re not planning on erecting a deportation force.’’

Newt Gingrich, who served as House speaker in the 1990s and who is assisting Trump’s transition, also told CBS’ "Face the Nation’’ that the deportation of immigrants in the country illegally who have criminal pasts would be the new administration’s priority.

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Nov. 13, 2016, 11:43 a.m.

In the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” since the election of Donald Trump as the next president, the show took a rather muted approach. With Kate McKinnon in a Hillary Clinton-style white pantsuit, the show also paid tribute to singer Leonard Cohen, who died Monday at age 82.

Sitting behind a piano, McKinnon sang and played Cohen’s signature “Hallelujah,” fighting back tears throughout the performance. And at its end, she turned directly to the camera and said: “I’m not giving up, and neither should you.”

Nov. 13, 2016, 11:06 a.m.

President-elect Donald Trump says his administration will seek to promptly deport up to 3 million immigrants with "criminal records’’ who are in the U.S. illegally but will defer the far wider exclusions he called for during the campaign until "after the border is secure.’’

Trump’s comments, made in an interview to be broadcast Sunday night on CBS’ "60 Minutes,’’ highlight one of the challenges he faces in reconciling the rhetoric that propelled him to victory with how he is prepared to govern.

"What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records … probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate,’’ Trump said.

Despite the unexpected result and the persistence of protests in major cities, however, a large majority of Americans appear ready to accept Trump's election as legitimate.

A Washington Post/ABC News poll, taken Wednesday through Friday, found that 74% of Americans said they "accept the election of Donald Trump as legitimate." On the other side, 18% said they "think Donald Trump is not the legitimate winner."

Nov. 13, 2016, 7:32 a.m.

California is quickly becoming a battleground for immigration policy as a cross-section of leaders across the state vowed to fight any plans by President-elect Donald Trump to deport thousands of people in the U.S. illegally.

Trump said during the presidential campaign that he’ll build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and deport people in the country illegally. He is expected to unwind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an initiative by President Obama that protects immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

California has some of the nation’s most liberal policies when it comes to handling immigrants here illegally. The state has allowed them to get driver’s licenses, health coverage for children and in-state tuition. Institutions like churches also support immigrants.

Few presidential campaign tools have ever been as effective as Donald Trump's Twitter account, where he could fire off 140 characters that would immediately disrupt the race.

Given his history of tweets labeled offensive, newsworthy or simply shocking, one question that arose after he won the election Tuesday was whether he would keep tweeting from the White House. Defending the value of Twitter as a venue to get his message out directly, Trump said the answer is yes.

"It's a great form of communication," he told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview to air Sunday. "... I'm not saying I love it, but it does get the word out."

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Nov. 12, 2016, 3:24 p.m.

A somber Hillary Clinton blamed her presidential election loss on a variety of factors Saturday, including FBI Director James B. Comey's announcement last month that newfound emails possibly linked to her private server were being reviewed.

In a 20-minute phone call with donors, Clinton said Comey's Oct. 28 letter to lawmakers about the investigation had halted some of her momentum near the end of the race, according to a person on the call.

"She was pretty clear there was a lot going on in this campaign, and that this was a factor, but not the only factor," the person, who would not be named discussing the private call, said of Comey's letter.